FOXBOROUGH – A seismic shift in the Earth occurred on Wednesday with the retirement of Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
Perhaps a bigger one occurred the next day in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
It was not totally unexpected, but it still comes as a very humbling moment. For an entire generation of Patriot Nation, it brings to an end the only epoch in Patriot history they have ever known. For older fans, it signals the end of a long visit to a football oasis after a seemingly endless journey through a hot and dry desert.
Bill Belichick and Bob Kraft held a joint press conference Thursday at noon to announce and acknowledge that they have both mutually agreed to part ways.